BARELY even three pages -- it's two pages, and then ONE story spilling past their page limit to make it run over to three. And that's not filtering strictly for Rock/Revy -- that's total stories of all types for the entire damn series. Pathetic, eh?
And yeah, I haven't yet read through them all, but the quality is largely meh, especially for the disappointing handful of Rock/Revy smut pieces. There's a few gen fics or fics focusing on other characters or pairings that are decent -- some of the Shenhua-centric stuff is not too bad, and there's a played-for-laughs Rock/Balalaika crackship piece that's quite amusing. But so far the only good Rock/Revy fic I've found was the one lonely thing in the Yuletide archive, and that was pretty much the same tone as the actual canon -- lots of subtext but no action.
I guess it does have a few strikes against it -- it only got licensed, what, last year? And the anime isn't playing on TV anywhere that I know of, so it's not getting any exposure that way... Plus I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of girls never look past the "boobs bullets and more boobs" cover art, and lack of fanservice guys to balance it out (and y'know, while I think all of the regular boys, Rock and Benny and Dutch and even Chang and Ginji, are pretty cute in their own ways, none of them are typical bishonen fangirl-bait), and just assume it's nothing but a brainless violent jigglefest for the fanboys. Which is a damn shame, because behind all that spectacular cleavage are some of the coolest female characters I've found since Avatar.
And while I'm not surprised that it doesn't have a fandom (if only because it's so good without all the other strikes against it), it's still disappointing.
PLEASE tell me this artist has more where those came from! That second one is just hysterical -- the facial expressions absolutely kill me, and damn, how did I get so distracted by the potential for tie!kink that I never even got around to considering the gun!kink potential? I feel like I need to hand in my pervert badge for the oversight or something.
And that first one, oh, it just makes me melt. Rock just looks so perfectly eager yet tentative, all "are you sure, are you really really sure?" -- love the little detail of two of his fingers not even quite touching her shoulder yet, like he's afraid to fully take hold. And Revy has one of those oh-so-rare soft "it's OK, baby, I'm here" expressions like she had in the "I am your gun" scene, or a more subdued and tender version of the happy face in the "were you a good boy?" rescue scene. Perfect and delicious. *happy sighs*
That second one is just hysterical -- the facial expressions absolutely kill me
It is, even if that's TOTALLY not how I imagine they sex lives... well, actually, I could see if after they've been in a relationship for a while.
And that first one, oh, it just makes me melt. Rock just looks so perfectly eager yet tentative, all "are you sure, are you really really sure?" -- love the little detail of two of his fingers not even quite touching her shoulder yet
Word. And I love how Rock's got one eye on the viewer, like he's going, 'shouldn't we shut the door?'
It is, even if that's TOTALLY not how I imagine they sex lives... well, actually, I could see if after they've been in a relationship for a while.
Yeah, I don't see Revy being the sort to basically rape someone at gunpoint, so in my mind that's a scene where they're an established couple and have consensually gone in for a spot of kink, which makes it OK and cute and hot. The gun's there for spice, not to force him to do anything he doesn't already really want to be doing; next time will probably be him tying her up or blindfolding her with one of his ties, and happy naughty good times are had by all.
And I love how Rock's got one eye on the viewer, like he's going, 'shouldn't we shut the door?'
Oh yeah. And all the little subtle touches that make me like it more the more I stare at it -- like the way she's all relaxed smooth lines sort of curving into him, while he's got this stiffness and tension in both his hand and the lines of his neck like he's caught between trying to move forward and pull back at the same time. But note this pulling back is all above the waist -- lower down they're pressed right up against each other, hip to hip. His brain's the last part struggling to hold back while his body is waiting for that spoilsport grey matter to just go along with the program already. ;)
Yeah, I don't see Revy being the sort to basically rape someone at gunpoint, so in my mind that's a scene where they're an established couple and have consensually gone in for a spot of kink, which makes it OK and cute and hot.
That's how it would have to play in my head, too.
His brain's the last part struggling to hold back while his body is waiting for that spoilsport grey matter to just go along with the program already. ;)
Yeah, I can kinda see Rock asking 'are you sure, are you sure,' over and over and over and Revy at a certain point just losing patience with him.
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And yeah, I haven't yet read through them all, but the quality is largely meh, especially for the disappointing handful of Rock/Revy smut pieces. There's a few gen fics or fics focusing on other characters or pairings that are decent -- some of the Shenhua-centric stuff is not too bad, and there's a played-for-laughs Rock/Balalaika crackship piece that's quite amusing. But so far the only good Rock/Revy fic I've found was the one lonely thing in the Yuletide archive, and that was pretty much the same tone as the actual canon -- lots of subtext but no action.
I guess it does have a few strikes against it -- it only got licensed, what, last year? And the anime isn't playing on TV anywhere that I know of, so it's not getting any exposure that way... Plus I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of girls never look past the "boobs bullets and more boobs" cover art, and lack of fanservice guys to balance it out (and y'know, while I think all of the regular boys, Rock and Benny and Dutch and even Chang and Ginji, are pretty cute in their own ways, none of them are typical bishonen fangirl-bait), and just assume it's nothing but a brainless violent jigglefest for the fanboys. Which is a damn shame, because behind all that spectacular cleavage are some of the coolest female characters I've found since Avatar.
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And while I'm not surprised that it doesn't have a fandom (if only because it's so good without all the other strikes against it), it's still disappointing.
Speaking of, Rock/Revy, have you seen these?
The art is by shadowkira. And I think for the comment for that last one, she said, 'it's not going to lick itself....'
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PLEASE tell me this artist has more where those came from! That second one is just hysterical -- the facial expressions absolutely kill me, and damn, how did I get so distracted by the potential for tie!kink that I never even got around to considering the gun!kink potential? I feel like I need to hand in my pervert badge for the oversight or something.
And that first one, oh, it just makes me melt. Rock just looks so perfectly eager yet tentative, all "are you sure, are you really really sure?" -- love the little detail of two of his fingers not even quite touching her shoulder yet, like he's afraid to fully take hold. And Revy has one of those oh-so-rare soft "it's OK, baby, I'm here" expressions like she had in the "I am your gun" scene, or a more subdued and tender version of the happy face in the "were you a good boy?" rescue scene. Perfect and delicious. *happy sighs*
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That second one is just hysterical -- the facial expressions absolutely kill me
It is, even if that's TOTALLY not how I imagine they sex lives... well, actually, I could see if after they've been in a relationship for a while.
And that first one, oh, it just makes me melt. Rock just looks so perfectly eager yet tentative, all "are you sure, are you really really sure?" -- love the little detail of two of his fingers not even quite touching her shoulder yet
Word. And I love how Rock's got one eye on the viewer, like he's going, 'shouldn't we shut the door?'
*wibbles*
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Yeah, I don't see Revy being the sort to basically rape someone at gunpoint, so in my mind that's a scene where they're an established couple and have consensually gone in for a spot of kink, which makes it OK and cute and hot. The gun's there for spice, not to force him to do anything he doesn't already really want to be doing; next time will probably be him tying her up or blindfolding her with one of his ties, and happy naughty good times are had by all.
And I love how Rock's got one eye on the viewer, like he's going, 'shouldn't we shut the door?'
Oh yeah. And all the little subtle touches that make me like it more the more I stare at it -- like the way she's all relaxed smooth lines sort of curving into him, while he's got this stiffness and tension in both his hand and the lines of his neck like he's caught between trying to move forward and pull back at the same time. But note this pulling back is all above the waist -- lower down they're pressed right up against each other, hip to hip. His brain's the last part struggling to hold back while his body is waiting for that spoilsport grey matter to just go along with the program already. ;)
*joins you in happy wibbling*
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That's how it would have to play in my head, too.
His brain's the last part struggling to hold back while his body is waiting for that spoilsport grey matter to just go along with the program already. ;)
Yeah, I can kinda see Rock asking 'are you sure, are you sure,' over and over and over and Revy at a certain point just losing patience with him.